The Miss Bolivia is a national beauty pageant in Bolivia. The pageant was founded in 1930, and the first winner, Rosa Pizarro Araoz of Tarija, was sent to compete in Miss Latin America held in Miami, United States.
History The Miss Bolivia contest was organized for the first time in 1930 when the Miss Latin America pageant, headquartered in Miami, requested all participating countries to hold the national event to elect the country representatives. In the case of Bolivia, the newspaper El Diario took charge and coordinated with the prefectures and academies of fine arts of each department. So that, through commissions, each department could proceed with the election of their representative for the national contest, which was sponsored by the Miami National Bathing Beauty Pageant. The regional competitions happened in Potosí, Lapaz, Oruro, Tarija, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba.
In the national final of Miss Bolivia 1930, held at the Rotary Club on February 15 in Lapaz, the representative of Tarija, Rosa Pizarro Araoz, was named the winner and was awarded by the first lady of Bolivia, Luisa Salinas Vega. Araoz then competed in the Miss Latin America in Miami, United States, where eight Latin countries participated, including Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Panama Canal Zone, Peru, Ecuador, and Nicaragua, of whom the representative of Panama, Melinda Boyd, was elected the winner.
In 1959, the contest was managed by Gloria Suárez de Limpias who was the event's director until 1979.
Official Divisions
Beni Miss Beni Srta. Beni Miss Moxitania Chuquisaca Miss Chuquisaca Srta. Chuquisaca Miss La Plata Cochabamba Miss Cochabamba Srta. Cochabamba Miss Valle
La Paz Miss La Paz Srta. La Paz Miss Illimani Oruro Miss Oruro Srta. Oruro Pando Miss Pando Srta. Pando Potosí Miss Potosí Srta. Potosí
Santa Cruz Miss Santa Cruz Srta. Santa Cruz Miss Litoral Srta. Litoral Tarija Miss Tarija Srta. Tarija Miss Andalucía
Titleholders YearMiss BoliviaProvinceInternational competitionPageantCompetition result1930 Rosa Pizarro Araoz Tarija Miss Latin America 1930 Unplaced1959 Corina Taborga Tarija 1968 Luz María Rojas Santa Cruz 1969 Roxana Brown Trigo Santa Cruz 1970 Ana Maria Landivar Santa Cruz 1971 Maria Alicia Vargas Vasquez Santa Cruz 1972 Roxana Sittic Harb Santa Cruz 1973 Teresa Isabel Callau Santa Cruz 1974 Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett Santa Cruz 1975 Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves Santa Cruz 1976 Liliana Gutiérrez Paz Santa Cruz 1977 Raquel Roca Kuikanaga Santa Cruz 1978 María Luisa Rendon Cochabamba 1979 Carmen Parada Santa Cruz 1980 Sonia Pereira Santa Cruz 1981 Maricruz Aponte Santa Cruz 1982 Sandra Villarroel Gallati Santa Cruz 1983 Cecilia Zamora Tarija 1984 Lourdes Elizabeth Aponte La Paz 1985 Gabriela Orozco La Paz 1986 Elizabeth O’Connor D’Arlach Tarija 1987 Patricia Arce Santa Cruz 1988 Ana Maria Pereira Santa Cruz 1989 Raquel Cors Tarija 1990 Rosario Rico Toro Cochabamba 1991 Selva Landívar Santa Cruz 1992 Natasha Gabriel Arana Beni 1993 Cecilia O'Connor-d'Arlach Santa Cruz 1994 Sandra Rivero Zimmermann Santa Cruz 1995 Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera Santa Cruz 1996 Helga Bauer Salas Santa Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 1996 WinnerDethroned 1997 Verónica Larrieu Santa Cruz Miss Universe 1998 Unplaced 1998Susana Barrientos RoigSanta Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 1998 Winner Miss Universe 1999 Unplaced1999Yenny Vaca PazSanta Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 1999 Winner Miss Universe 2000 Unplaced 2000 Claudia Andrea Arano Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2001 Unplaced 2001 Paola Coimbra Antipieff Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2002 Unplaced 2002 Irene Aguilera Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2003 Unplaced 2003 Gabriela Oviedo Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2004 Unplaced 2004 Andrea Abudinen Richter Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2005 Unplaced 2005 María Desiree Durán Morales Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2006 Top 10 2006 Jessica Anne Jordan Burton Beni Miss Universe 2007 Unplaced 2007 Katherine "Kate" David Céspedes Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2008 Unplaced2008Rosa Dominique Noemí Peltier De LiotaCochabamba Reina Hispanoamericana 2008 2nd runner-up Miss Universe 2009 Unplaced 2009 Claudia Arce Lemaitre Chuquisaca Miss Universe 2010 Unplaced2010María Olivia Pinheiro Menacho Santa Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 2010 2nd runner-up Miss Universe 2011 Unplaced2011Yessica Mouton Gianella Litoral Reina Hispanoamericana 2011 1st runner-up Miss Universe 2012 Unplaced 2012Alexia Laura Viruez Pictor Santa Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 1st runner-up Miss Universe 2013 Unplaced 2013Claudia Maria Tavel AnteloSanta Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 2013 6th runner-up Miss Universe 2014 Unplaced 2014Romina Rocamonje FuentesBeni Reina Hispanoamericana 2014 Winner Miss Universe 2015 Unplaced 2015Paula Caroline Schneider Aguilera(Resigned)Santa Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 2015 Unplaced Miss Universe 2016 2016 Antonella Moscatelli Saucedo Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2016 Unplaced 2017 Gleisy Noguer Hassen Pando Miss Universe 2017 Unplaced 2018Marian Joyce Prado Rivera(Dethroned)Santa Cruz Reina Hispanoamericana 2018 3rd runner-up Miss Universe 2018 Unplaced 2019 Fabiana Hurtado Tarrazona Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2019 Unplaced 2020 Lenka Nemer Drpić La Paz Miss Universe 2022 Unplaced 2021 Nahemi Uequin Antelo Santa Cruz Miss Universe 2021 Unplaced 2022 Maria Fernanda Pavisic Rojas Cochabamba colspan=2 María Camila Sanabria Pereyra Santa Cruz Miss Grand International 2022 Unplaced Miss Universe 2022 Unplaced 2023 María Estefany Rivero Giesse Beni Miss Universe 2023 Unplaced 2024 Juliana Barrientos Gaidrikh Cochabamba Miss Universe 2024 Top 12
Titleholders under Promociones Gloria org. Miss Bolivia Universo
The winner of Miss Bolivia Universo represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
YearDepartmentMiss BoliviaPlacement at Miss UniverseSpecial AwardsNotes 2026 Oruro Valeria Mena TBA 2025 Beni Yessica Hausermann Buhler Unplaced 2024 Cochabamba Juliana Barrientos Gaidrikh Top 12 Voice For Change (Gold Winner) 2023 Beni María Estefany Rivero Giesse Unplaced 2022 Santa Cruz María Camila Sanabria Pereyra Unplaced Cochabamba Maria Fernanda Pavisic Rojas colspan="3" 2021 Santa Cruz Nahemi Uequin Antelo Unplaced 2020 La Paz Lenka Nemer Drpić Unplaced Social Impact award 2019 Santa Cruz Fabiana Hurtado Tarrazona Unplaced 2018 Santa Cruz Marian Joyce Prado Ribera Unplaced 2017 Pando Gleisy Vera Noguer Hassen Unplaced 2016 Santa Cruz Fabiana Antonella Moscatelli Saucedo Unplaced Best National Costume (Top 12) 2015 Beni Romina Rocamonje Fuentes Unplaced 2014 Santa Cruz Claudia María Tavel Antelo Unplaced 2013 Santa Cruz Alexia Laura Viruez Píctor Unplaced 2012 Litoral Yessica Sharit Mouton Gianella Unplaced 2011 Santa Cruz Maria Olivia Pinheiro Menacho Unplaced Best National Costume (7th Runner-up) 2010 Chuquisaca Claudia Arce Lemaitre Unplaced 2009 Cochabamba Noemí Dominique Rosa Peltier De Liotta Unplaced 2008 Santa Cruz Katherine David Céspedes Unplaced 2007 Beni Jessica Anne Jordan Burtón Unplaced 2006 Litoral Maria Desirée Durán Morales Top 10 2005 Santa Cruz Paola Andrea Abudinen Richter Unplaced 2004 Litoral Gabriela Oviedo Serrate Unplaced 2003 Santa Cruz Irene Aguilera Vargas Unplaced 2002 Santa Cruz Paola Clarisse Coimbra Antipieff Unplaced 2001 Litoral Claudia Andrea Araño Antelo Unplaced 2000 Litoral Yenny Vaca Paz Unplaced 1999 Santa Cruz Susana Barrientos Roig Unplaced 1998 Santa Cruz Verónica María Larrieu Velasco Unplaced 1997 Litoral Helga Bauer Salas Unplaced 1996 Santa Cruz Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera Unplaced 1995 Litoral Sandra Rivero Zimmermann Unplaced 1994 Tarija Cecilia O'Connor-d'Arlach Unplaced 1993 Beni Roxana Arias Becerra Unplaced Designation — Designated as a representative to Miss Universe in 1993 by Miss Bolivia Promociones Gloria Organization. 1992 Tarija Natasha Gabriela Arana Lema Unplaced 1991 Santa Cruz Maria Selva Landívar Unplaced 1990 Cochabamba Rosario Rico del Toro Pilar Top 6 1989 Tarija Raquel Cors Ulloa Unplaced 1988 Santa Cruz Ana Maria Pereira Parada Unplaced 1987 Santa Cruz Patricia Hortensia Arce Rocabado Unplaced 1986 Tarija Elizabeth O’Connor-d’Arlach Unplaced 1985 La Paz Gabriela Orozco Ruiz Unplaced 1984 La Paz Lourdes Elizabeth Aponte Hurtado Unplaced 1983 Beni Cecilia Zamora Oliva Unplaced 1982 Santa Cruz Sandra Irene Villarroel Gallati Unplaced 1981 Santa Cruz Vivian "Maricruz" Aponte Zambrana Unplaced 1980 Santa Cruz Carmen Sonia Pereira Parada Unplaced 1979 Cochabamba Maria Luisa Rendón Unplaced 1978 Beni Raquel Roca Kuikunaga Unplaced 1977 Santa Cruz Liliana Gutiérrez Paz Unplaced 1976 La Paz Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves Unplaced 1975 Cochabamba Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett Unplaced 1974 Santa Cruz Teresa Isabel Callau Unplaced 1973 La Paz Roxana Sittic Harb Unplaced 1972 Santa Cruz Mara Alicia Vargas Vásquez Unplaced 1971 Chuquisaca Ana María Landívar Gantier Unplaced 1970 La Paz Roxana Brown Trigo Unplaced Best National Costume 1969 Cochabamba Luz Maria Rojas Unplaced 1968 Santa Cruz Roxana Bowles Chávez Unplaced Best Swimsuit 1967 Oruro Marcela Montoya García Unplaced Best Swimsuit 1966 Santa Cruz Maria Elena Borda Unplaced 1965 Tarija Patricia Estensoro Terazas Unplaced 1964 La Paz Olga Mónica del Carpio Oropeza Top 15 1963 Santa Cruz Ana Maria Velasco Gutiérrez Unplaced 1962 Santa Cruz Gabriela "Gaby" Roca Díaz Unplaced 1961 Santa Cruz Gloria Soruco Suárez Unplaced 1960 Cochabamba Nancy Aguirre Unplaced 1959 La Paz Corina Taborga Unplaced
Miss Bolivia Mundo
Yearly, the first runner-up went to the Miss World competition. In recent years, Miss Bolivia formatted the new regulation from Miss World Organization to hold an independent pageant, Miss Bolivia Mundo. Later than that before the main event, the Miss Bolivia pageant, another section, Miss Bolivia Mundo will crown the winner to represent Bolivia at the Miss World competition.
YearDepartmentMiss Bolivia MundoPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial AwardsNotes 2027 Cochabamba Ash Castro TBA 2026 Santa Cruz Vanessa Kraljevic Unplaced 2025 Santa Cruz Olga Chávez Unplaced 2024 colspan=5 2023 Beni Maria Fernanda Rivero Arteaga Unplaced 2022 colspan=5 2021 Beni Alondra Mercado Campos Unplaced 2020 colspan=5 2019 Santa Cruz Iciar Díaz Camacho Unplaced Miss World Talent (Top 27) 2018 Cochabamba Vanessa Vargas Gonzáles Unplaced Miss World Sport (1st Runner-up) 2017 Santa Cruz Yasmin Pinto Solar Unplaced 2016 Tarija Leyda Lourdes Suárez Aldana Unplaced 2015 Santa Cruz Vivian Susana Serrano Llanos Unplaced 2014 Litoral Neidy Andrea Forfori Aguilera Top 25 Beauty With a Purpose (Top 10) 2013 Tarija María Alejandra Castillo Unplaced 2012 La Paz Mariana Garcia Mariaca Unplaced World Designer Dress Award 2011 Litoral Yohana Paola Vaca Guzmán Unplaced Beach Beauty (Top 20)